Seahorse Archives

Racing to Bermuda

January 6th, 2016

Few tests of blue water seamanship are as iconic as the 635nm Newport Bermuda Race. The next start on June

October 21st, 2015

Growing up sailing dinghies in Southern California during the seventies and eighties, guys like Tom Linskey and Dave Ullman were

October 5th, 2015

The overhaul of the Volvo Ocean Race centred around the move to a one-design class, with the execution of the

September 9th, 2015

Two-time Olympic medallist Rod Davis, after being closely associated as a coach for Emirates Team New Zealand, is now gearing

August 13th, 2015

by Paul Cayard, Seahorse When I first sailed in the Star class, Bill Parks an engineer and bronze medalist from

May 10th, 2015

IRC 72 class manager Rob Weiland takes a wry look at today’s hotchpotch of rating rules, provided courtesy of Seahorse

November 18th, 2014

James Dadd has been the project manager for the Volvo Ocean 65, insuring the boats remain strictly one design for

November 11th, 2014

by Dobbs Davis, Seahorse magazine The great majority of big boat sailors in the USA – over 20,000 boats by

November 6th, 2014

Dyneema® has become the ‘Gold Standard’ for performance running rigging. However, with new grades of Dyneema® being introduced and different

October 28th, 2014

While there may never be a ‘perfect world’ when racing under the authority of a handicap rule, events can be